Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata

Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata

Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata is a member of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict. Born in Ukraine to an Orthodox family, she converted to the Catholic Church at a young age. A graduate of the Theological Institute of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in Horodok, Ukraine, she works in an orphanage in Bilohirja, Ukraine.

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Sisters pray in the chapel of a Benedictine monastery in Ukraine when the lights are turned off. (Courtesy of Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata)

War has taught Ukrainians things we would not have understood in peacetime

The invisible traces of war are imprinted on souls. How can we live after what has happened to us? And these words come to mind: And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1. Benedictine sisters relax during a meeting in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains (Courtesy of Scholastica Oleksandra Hulivata)

Ukrainian nun's experiences shatter stereotypes of monastic life

People often ask how I can live with the restrictions of monastic life. My response: "We can do many other things."